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Molly Ivins, 1944-2007

"So keep fightin' for freedom and justice, beloveds, but don't you forget to have fun doin' it. Lord, let your laughter ring forth. Be outrageous, ridicule the fraidy-cats, rejoice in all the oddities that freedom can produce. And when you get through kickin' ass and celebratin' the sheer joy of a good fight, be sure to tell those who come after how much fun it was."

Then, contact President Obama. Tell him if he doesn't make good on his promise to veto, he'll be moving out of the White House in January 2013. It's time for him to stop making empty promises! If he reneges, our Bill of Rights is shredded once and for all!

I've been seeing a lot of ads for Search Engine Optimization, lately. They all claim to get you on the first page of Google.
Just a quick warning ... If these hot shots hook more than 12 customers (collectively), SOMEONE ain't gonna be on the first page! Be forewarned before spending your hard earned money here.

"A Great Speech"

On November 22, Dan Rather received the Committee to Protect Journalists' Burton Benjamin Memorial Award for 2011 at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York City.

As you'll see below, Google is - once again - giving us busy work. At this point, I STILL don't know what to think about Google +, even though I set up a page. Probably because, once I set it up, I promptly forgot all about it.

It's seems the entire lives of online business owners is ruled by Google. I long ago gave up paying much attention to them.

If I tried to stay on top of everything they'd like me to do, I wouldn't get anything done but work on Google! They make it impossible for you to set anything up properly and have it hold!

So, here's the latest from PC Magazine:

"Google Quietly Rolls Out Google+ Badges"

"Google said Wednesday that businesses and brands-and especially publishers-might benefit from the Google+ badge, an indicator of how many people are following a page."

I saw a most interesting article last week, and I think all web site owners should be aware of it. Frankly, it's the most asinine thing I've seen in a long time, but it could get real serious, real fast.

"Should You Have to Pay to Link?" was about paying publications to LINK to their content just as if you were republishing it.

Seriously? Afraid so.

I'm linking to the article below. I'd sure be interested in what YOU think about it!

I wonder if it's time for us to look at ourselves and figure out who we are. We have been our jobs - our homes - our cars - our electronics. We have also been easily pushed around, led like sheep by our politicians to a downfall of our way of life.

Why? Maybe because we were too busy being involved with our jobs - our home - our cars - and our electronics. We weren't paying attention until it was too late!

I would like to suggest to online business owners (especially) it may be time to take stock. I sense a lot of confusion out there. Understandable.

Things have happened, the world over, and we've had little control. New situations tend to put us into a panic. The world's economy has affected most of our incomes.

Of course, then, we hear it'll get worse before it gets better! Scary stuff. So what do we do?

I suggest we buckle down and keep on keepin' on. It's the only logical, positive thing to do.

Many - dare I say most - online small business owners have other jobs. Or, did. Those jobs may now be gone. Not the time to give up online.

Rather than panic and decide they can't keep it up, these folks should be doubling (at least) their efforts online. Keep as much income flowing as possible. And, build!

We don't really need hundred thousand dollar remodels on our homes. We don't really need to drive luxury SUV gas hogs. We definitely don't need every new electronic device that comes down the pike - much less buy them for children!

What we do need is to remember what it's like to be human. We do need to wake up and pay attention to what brought us here. We need to get over ourselves and learn a little humility. We do need to pay more attention to our neighbors than to our "stuff."

We've been so involved in our "things," we've forgotten we're human beings. Stripped of our stuff, we have to learn to deal with ourselves - and others.

Although it may take a while (I honestly don't know) like everything else, this, too, will pass. Our lessons are to realize what brought us here and how we're going to handle it. Then, use those lessons to bring about more lasting change.

You know ... One of the things that helps people more than anything else is to help others who have it worse. It creates that attitude of gratitude that allows us to keep on going - and succeed!

So, don't give up on your business - no matter how much your income may be down. If all you have left is a trickle, take that trickle and make it work for you. Don't blow it off because it "isn't enough."